Project Statistics: Area ~ 30,000 m², Volume of material moved ~ 11,570 m³

A large and challenging site. The pit was initially very hard to read as it was overgrown with scrub trees and cedar with scatterings of visibly bare patches of the old pit floor. The perimeter initially appeared to be a sloped shallow pit face but was in fact a long berm of topsoil that had been stockpiled when the pit was in operation. The elderly neighbour, who had worked at the pit in his youth, was very informative as to how the pit had operated and where the topsoil was stockpiled. Test pitting was done to confirm the quantity of the available topsoil, which proved to be substantial. The caveat was that there was also a significant amount of rock and boulder in with it. This was no surprise as the area is known for its boulders as evidenced by the stone hedgerows seen along the country roads. As the landowner was very keen to have the project result in a hay field for his cattle operation, it was agreed that MAAP would get the earthwork done and deal with the larger boulders but that fine tuning in terms of rock picking would be done by Mr. Bouchard. MAAP provided the seed and Mr. Bouchard would seed drill after he had an opportunity to get the stone picking done.